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Bronze ceiling: Girls seek statue of woman for Central Park

In this Oct. 6, 2016 photo, front row, from left, three Girl Scouts: Lila Steinhardt, Sophia Singh, Pippa Lee, and back row, from left: statue project organizer Pam Elam; Skye Lucas and Jackie Hahn from Manhattan`s Dwight School; and Ariel Deutsch from Manhattan`s LaGuardia High School gather in Central Park to raise money for a Central Park monument to women in New York. In Central Park, none of the sculptures or busts honoring illustrious people is a woman. Now, activists are raising money to erect the park’s first monument to women who changed history: suffragettes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. (AP Photo/ Verena Dobnik) In this Oct. 6, 2016 photo, front row, from left, three Girl Scouts: Lila Steinhardt, Sophia Singh, Pippa Lee, and back row, from left: statue project organizer Pam Elam; Skye Lucas and Jackie Hahn from Manhattan`s Dwight School; and Ariel Deutsch from Manhattan`s LaGuardia High School gather in Central Park to raise money for a Central Park monument to women in New York. In Central Park, none of the sculptures or busts honoring illustrious people is a woman. Now, activists are raising money to erect the park’s first monument to women who changed history: suffragettes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. (AP Photo/ Verena Dobnik)

By Associated Press October 9, 2016 1 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – In Central Park, none of the 23 sculptures or busts honoring illustrious people is a woman.

Some Girl Scouts are now trying to change that. They’re among activists raising money for a monument to two women who revolutionized the country: suffragettes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.

It’ll cost about $500,000 in private donations to erect the bronze at the West 77th Street entrance to the park. About as much is needed to cover landscaping and an educational program. More than $150,000 has been raised so far.

Supporters hope the park’s first female monument will stand proud amid the greenery in time for the 2020 centennial of American women’s right to vote.

Nearby are statues of John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster and even a famed foreigner, Giuseppe Mazzini, who helped create the modern Italian state.